How to write simple response for Ajax request using JQuery and Struts

This simple example show the code how to create client code using JQuery`s ajax.
I assumed that you have already familiar with Struts Framework.
The rest of the code are omited for the sake of brevity.

I do used struts configuration as follow:

 <struts-config>
  <form-beans>
	  <!-- For Monthly Quarterly Reports -->
	  <form-bean name="monthlyQuarterlyReportForm" type="com.sim.aeg.report.monthlyQuarterlyReport.form.MonthlyQuarterlyReportForm">
	  <form-property name="institution" type="java.lang.String" initial="ALL"/>
	  <form-property name="department" type="java.lang.String" initial="-"/>
  </form-bean>
  <action-mappings>
	  <!--  For Monthly Quarterly Reports -->
	  <action name="monthlyQuarterlyReportForm" parameter="method"
	   path="/report/monthlyQuarterlyReportAction" scope="request" type="com.sim.aeg.report.monthlyQuarterlyReport.action.MonthlyQuarterlyReportAction">
	   <forward name="unspecified" path="report.monthlyQuarterlyReport"/>
	  </action>
  </action-mappings>
 </struts-config>

Client side code:

	var theForm = $("form[name=monthlyQuarterlyReportForm]");
	var params = theForm.serialize();
	var actionURL = theForm.attr("action"); 
	$.ajax({
		type:"POST",
		url:actionURL,
		data:params,
		success:function(data, textStatus, XMLHttpRequest){
			alert(data);//data will contain "This is the text response which will be sent to the client" text.
		},
		error:function(XMLHttpRequest, textStatus, errorThrown){
			alert(textStatus);
		}
	});

I put the client side code in a click event of a button.

Server side code:

	public ActionForward unspecified(ActionMapping mapping, ActionForm form,
			HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
			throws Exception {

			response.setContentType("text");
			response.getWriter().print("This is the text response which will be sent to the client");
			return null;
	}

That is all, I hope it helped.